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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 659 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY·NCES 130084000333
Whitesburg Elementary School
868 Main St, Whitesburg, GA 30185 · (770) 832-3875 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
221 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
37.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.1pp since 2021
Math
55.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 59.5% |
| 2022-23 | 38.4% | 51.5% |
| 2021-22 | 45.2% | 48.6% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Whitesburg Elementary School
Whitesburg Elementary School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitesburg Elementary School this school | 517 | 42.7% | 49.0% |
| Wauka Mountain Elementary School Gainesville | 546 | 44.0% | 45.3% |
| Graysville Elementary School Ringgold | 548 | 43.4% | 51.3% |
| Johnson Elementary Rome | 518 | 43.4% | 80.6% |
| Providence Elementary School Temple | 557 | 42.0% | 54.2% |
| Boynton Elementary School Ringgold | 580 | 38.6% | 47.4% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Whitesburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #361 of 1,208 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #318 of 1,215 ▼ 56 | #3 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #537 of 1,215 ▼ 113 | #10 of 14 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #360 of 1,183 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #817 of 1,324 | #12 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #867 of 1,301 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #1,077 of 1,301 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #1,102 of 1,312 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +60.6% | #14 of 386 | #1 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
517
+51 (+11%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 517 | 36.6 | 14.1:1 | 43% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 35.5 | 14.8:1 | 70% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 33.7 | 15.1:1 | 59% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 62% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 25.1 | 12.8:1 | 66% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 24 | 13.7:1 | 61% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 66% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 50% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 21 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitesburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 61% (322 to 517); teachers up 46% (25.1 to 36.6).
About Whitesburg Elementary School
Whitesburg Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Whitesburg, Georgia. Federal data show 517 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Carroll County is the district for Whitesburg Elementary School. It has 24 schools and 16,400 students.
Whitesburg Elementary School is 83% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Carroll County's population at about 68%. The diversity index for Whitesburg Elementary School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.1:1. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 0.8 students per teacher. On the income side, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Whitesburg Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Whitesburg Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.0% is 6.2 points below the 55.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Carroll County, median household income comes to about $73,714, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 28, with about 22,250 students.
The closest school to Whitesburg Elementary School is Arnco-Sargent Elementary School, located about 4.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Nearby schools average 55.6% on proficiency, and Whitesburg Elementary School is below that at 49.0%.
Whitesburg Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
The school's student count rose 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Whitesburg Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,569
Census ACS
Median income
$73,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
22,250 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County
- Villa Rica High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 991 students
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Ithica ElementaryElementary · 809 students
Other Whitesburg Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Whitesburg Elementary. Whitesburg Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Whitesburg Elementary SchoolHuntsville, AL · 379 students
- Whitesburg ElementaryWhitesburg, TN · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Arnco-Sargent Elementary School4.8 mi · 357
- Brooks Elementary7.4 mi · 835
- Western Elementary School7.6 mi · 455
- Northside Elementary School8.6 mi · 366
- Central Elementary School9.1 mi · 991
- South Douglas Elementary School9.2 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Whitesburg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whitesburg Elementary School?
Whitesburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 517 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Whitesburg Elementary School serve?
Whitesburg Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Whitesburg Elementary School have?
Whitesburg Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whitesburg Elementary School?
At Whitesburg Elementary School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Whitesburg Elementary School public or private?
Whitesburg Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carroll County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.